Clinical Fellow in Urology

The Colchester Urology Fellowship Programme is designed to provide mid-grade training posts at Specialist Registrar and post SPR level. The programme has seven fellows in rotation with one Specialty Trainee on the East of England Rotation.

A number of previous post holders have gone on to specialised further fellowships or Consultant Urologist posts via Portfolio Pathway (previously CESR) (Article 14).

The Urology unit currently has eight consultants with individual sub-speciality interests that allow them to provide SPR level mentoring. Three consultants specialising in oncology perform laparoscopic and robotic radical prostatectomy as well as laparoscopic and robotic nephrectomy. One consultant specialises in robotic and laparoscopic nephrectomy and pyeloplasty.

This post is to start from 29th June 2026 for a 12 month fixed term post in the first instance.

The post holder will be employed as a whole time Urology Specialist on the basis of 10 sessions. The post involves:

Core and specialist urological surgical procedures performed on the applicants own operating lists for patients under the care of Consultant Urological Surgeons

Outpatient clinics held on a weekly basis either at Colchester Hospital or additionally at a peripheral site served by the trust.

Day case surgery

Diagnostic day case procedures including flexible cystoscopy (haematuria clinics)

Educational supervision to junior medical staff

Responsibility for carrying out and contributing to clinical audit activity and local governance initiatives.

Contributing to the writing of basic science and clinical papers

Contributing to the weekly MDT meetings

Managerial responsibilities where appropriate

Forming of a 1 in 8 on-call rota with prospective cover

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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We provide one-on-one training in theatre and outpatients tailored to each individual fellow's level. In addition to this each fellow participates in a 1 in 8 prospective on-call EWTD compliant rota. The post holder will be employed as a whole time Urology Fellow 40 hours per week.

The department encourages academic activity and previous post holders have contributed to publications in various journals. There is also an opportunity to join the 2 year part time MSc programme in Urology run by Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge that includes a one week teaching module at ARU and a second clinical week at Addenbrooke's hospital , Cambridge.

The initial contract is for a year but a number of previous post holders have by mutual agreement extended this for a length of time that suited them.